Beccariophoenix mad first flowering attempt

[quaman58]

Hey all, I thought this was interesting. My neighbor and I each planted one of these as one gallon plants in 2010. They are each pushing 20 feet tall, and neither has any clear trunk yet. So it was a bit of a surprise after doing a bit of cleanup to see this… Always cool nonetheless! 

[GottmitAlex]

Wonderful!  Alfie's take about 20 years (from seed) to flower. I don't know about Mads.

[tinman10101]

Awesome. Do you have a pic of the whole plant?  Thanks for sharing. 

[quaman58]

We’ll see about the alfredii. He has an absolutely enormous one that’s about the same age. At the rate it’s going I wouldn’t be surprised if it flowered soon. 

[quaman58]

4 minutes ago, tinman10101 said:

Awesome. Do you have a pic of the whole plant?  Thanks for sharing. 

Believe or not, it shows the scale of it when I’m backed off a bit..

[tinman10101]

thats killer bret.  thanks for the pic.  reminds me of len's although i havent seen it in a couple of years.  a dead doppelgänger for a coconut.  

i can tell the scale from the car's in the back.  

[Billeb]

19 hours ago, quaman58 said:

Believe or not, it shows the scale of it when I’m backed off a bit..

This is exactly why I can’t plant one of these. Only room for one monster on my lot and I chose a Bismarckia. Beccariophoenix get biiiiiig. Sweet looking tho. 
 

-dale